Podcast & TV Media training:  Manage your message

With media training, speakers get the message out on platforms they don’t control. Podcasts, social media livestreams, television and radio appearances are highly challenging as interview platforms because the speaker’s composure can make or break the message.

In a live media appearance, your window for delivering is shorter than a TED talk—even shorter when the environment turns adverse. Media training gives speakers a set of interviewing tools used to block, bridge, and deliver key talking points succinctly. The interview platform brings additional challenges: Is it audio-only? In a television studio with blinding lights? Virtual from your computer? A five-minute clip or a two-hour podcast?

Stephanie was initially trained for media appearances over 25 years ago while speaking for her employer The San Diego Zoo on radio interviews. As an author, she invested in on-air media training to execute promotional tours for her newly released books in TV, radio, and podcast interviews. What’s your plan to get your message out?

Podcast Host

Stephanie is a media-trained and seasoned speaker on live television, livestream, podcast and radio. 

Podcast & TV Media Interview Tips:

• Bring value to audience
• Don’t “sell” your book
• Anticipate questions
• Research host & audience
• Have stories/FAQs ready
• Outline preferred talk
• Practice for gotcha questions
• Be an active listener
• Block & bridge topics
• Use flagging to highlight points
• Speak naturally without jargon
• Listen and critique your recordings